Curriculum Vitae for PAUL HEATON September 2020
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: University of Pennsylvania Law School 3501 Sansom St. Philadelphia, PA 19104
E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (215) 746-3353 Fax: (215) 573-2025
EMPLOYMENT
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Senior Fellow July 2015- Academic Director, Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice July 2015-
RAND Corporation Adjunct Economist July 2015- Senior Economist June 2013-July 2015 Economist Nov. 2010-June 2013 Associate Economist June 2007-Nov. 2010
Director, RAND Institute for Civil Justice Oct. 2012-July 2015 Acting Director, RAND Law, Business and Regulation Apr. 2012-Oct. 2012 Director for Research, RAND Institute for Civil Justice Oct. 2010-Apr. 2012
Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School Sep. 2008-July 2015
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Board of Advisors, UC-Berkeley/UC-Irvine Civil Justice Research Initiative Feb. 2017-present
EDUCATION
Ph.D, Economics, University of Chicago June 2007 Thesis Title: Essays on Crime and Corruption Thesis Committee: Steven Levitt (chair), Gary Becker, Kevin M. Murphy
M.A, Economics, University of Chicago Dec. 2003 B.A, Economics, Summa Cum Laude and University Honors, Brigham Young University Dec. 2001
ARTICLES AND PEER-REVIEWED RAND REPORTS
a. Criminal Justice/Drug Policy
“Improving Pretrial Outcomes Without Actuarial Risk Assessment”, Indiana Law Journal (forthcoming).
“A Natural Experiment to Test the Effect of Sanction Certainty and Celerity on Substance-Impaired Driving: North Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program” with Greg Midgette, Beau Kilmer, and Nancy Nicosia, Journal of Quantitative Criminology (forthcoming).
CV for Paul Heaton--Page 1 of 7 “The Expansive Reach of Pretrial Detention” North Carolina Law Review 98: 369-377 (February 2020). (symposium issue).
“The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes” with James Anderson and Maya Buenaventura, Harvard Law Review 132(3):819-893 (January 2019).
“Does Filler Database Size Affect Influence Identification Accuracy?” with Amanda Bergold, Law and Human Behavior 43(2): 227-243 (June 2018).
“The Downstream Consequences of Misdemeanor Pretrial Detention” with Sandra Mayson and Megan Stevenson, Stanford Law Review 69(3): 711-794 (March 2017).
“The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from University Police” with Priscillia Hunt, John MacDonald, and Jess Saunders, Journal of Law and Economics 59(4): 889-912 (November 2016).
“Can a Criminal Justice Alcohol Abstention Programme with Swift, Certain, and Modest Sanctions (24/7 Sobriety) Reduce Population Mortality? A Retrospective Observational Study” with Nancy Nicosia and Beau Kilmer, The Lancet Psychiatry 3(3): 226-232 (March 2016).
“Assessing the Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws on Marijuana Use: The Devil is in the Details” with Rosalie Pacula, David Powell, and Eric Sevigny, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 34(1): 7–31 (Winter 2015).
“The Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws on Potency” with Eric Sevigny and Rosalie Pacula, International Journal of Drug Policy 25(2): 308-319 (March 2014).
“Measuring Crack Cocaine and Its Impact” with Roland Fryer, Steven Levitt, and Kevin Murphy, Economic Inquiry 51(3): 1651-1681 (July 2013).
“Efficacy of Active Monitoring with Swift, Certain, and Modest Sanctions for Violations: Insights from South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Project” with Beau Kilmer, Nancy Nicosia, and Greg Midgette, American Journal of Public Health 103(1): e37–e43 (January 2013).
“How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effects of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes” with James Anderson, Yale Law Journal 122(1): 154-217 (October 2012).
“Sunday Liquor Laws and Crime", Journal of Public Economics 96(1): 42-52 (February 2012).
“Hidden in Plain Sight: What Cost-of-Crime Research Can Tell Us About Investing in Police”, RAND OP-279 ISEC (March 2010).
“Understanding the Effects of Anti-Profiling Policies.” Journal of Law and Economics 53(1) 29-64 (February 2010).
“Does Religion Really Reduce Crime?” Journal of Law and Economics 49(1) 147-172 (April 2006).
“The Measure of Vice and Sin: A Review of the Uses, Limitations and Implications of Crime Data” with Eric Helland and Alex Tabarrok. In Bruce Benson and Paul Zimmermann, eds., Handbook on the Economics of Crime. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2010.
“A Synthesis of Literature on the Effectiveness of Community Orders” with Robert Davis Jennifer Rubin, Lila Rabinovich, and Beau Kilmer; RAND TR-518-NAO (January 2008).
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“The Effects of Mandatory Insurer Reporting on Settlement Delay”, American Law and Economics Review, forthcoming.
“Medicaid Coverage Expansions and Liability Insurance” with Caleb Flint, Journal of Risk and Insurance (forthcoming).
“Does It Matter Who Pays for Auto Injures?” with Eric Helland, Journal of Risk and Insurance 86(4): 947-972 (December 2019).
“How Does Tort Law Affect Consumer Auto Insurance Costs?” Journal of Risk and Insurance 84(2): 691–715 (June 2017).
“Victim Compensation Funds and Tort Litigation Following Incidents of Mass Violence” with Ivan Waggoner and Jamie Morikawa, Buffalo Law Review 63(5): 1263-1323 (December 2015).
“The Impact of Malpractice Reform on Emergency Department Care” with Daniel Waxman, Arthur Kellermann, Susan Ridgely, and Michael Greenberg, New England Journal of Medicine 371(16):1518-1525 (October 2014).
“How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Liability Insurance Costs?” with David Auerbach and Ian Brantley, RAND RR-493-ICJ (April 2014).
“Health Care Reform and Workers’ Compensation: Evidence from Massachusetts”, RAND TR-1216-ICJ (April 2012).
“Judicial Expenditures and Litigation Access: Evidence from Auto Injuries” with Eric Helland, Journal of Legal Studies 40(2) 295-332 (June 2011).
“Auto Insurance Reform in Michigan—What Can the Data Tell Us?”, RAND OP-293-ICJ (March 2010).
“The United States Experience with No-Fault Automobile Insurance: A Retrospective” with James Anderson and Stephen Carroll, RAND MG-860-ICJ (February 2010).
“Auto Liability in Nevada Compared to Other States: Testimony for Nevada Auto Theft and Insurance Fraud Task Force” with Eric Helland, RAND WR-595-NATIFTF (July 2008).
c. Military Manpower
“Comparing Ex-Servicemember and Civilian Use of Unemployment Insurance” with Diana Lavery, David Powell, and Jeffrey Wenger, RAND RR-1496-OSD (February 2018).
“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Earnings of Military Reservists” with David Loughran, RAND TR-1006-OSD (July 2013).
“Unemployment Among Post-9/11 Veterans and Military Spouses After the Downturn” with Heather Krull, RAND OP-376-OSD (November 2012).
“Analysis of Financial Support to the Surviving Spouses and Children of Casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars” with Amalia Miller and David Loughran, RAND TR-1281-OSD (June 2012).
“Compensating Wounded Warriors: An Analysis of Injury, Labor Market Earnings, and Disability Compensation
CV for Paul Heaton--Page 3 of 7 Among Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars" with David Loughran and Amalia Miller, RAND MG-1166-OSD (June 2012).
“The Effects of Hiring Tax Credits on Employment of Disabled Veterans”, RAND OP-366-OSD (March 2012).
“Compensating the Survivors of America's Fallen Warriors” with James Anderson, James Dertouzos, and John Mendeloff, RAND DB-633-OSD (March 2012).
“Chapter 6: Recruiting and Retention.” with Beth Asch. In Bernard Rostker, director. “Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND’s 1993 Study”, RAND MG-1056-OSD (Dec. 2010).
“An Analysis of the Incidence of Recruiter Irregularities” with Beth Asch, RAND TR-827-OSD (Nov. 2010).
“Cash Incentives and Military Enlistment, Attrition, and Reenlistment” with Beth Asch, James Hosek, Francisco Martorell, Curtis Simon, and John Warner, RAND MG-950-OSD (June 2010).
“Recruiting Minorities: What Explains Recent Trends in the Army and Navy?” with Beth Asch and Bogdan Savych, RAND MG-861-OSD (September 2009).
d. Education
“Preparing Principals to Raise Student Achievement: Implementation and Effects of the New Leaders Program in 10 Districts” with Susan Gates, Laura Hamilton, Paco Martorell, Susan Burkhauser, Ashley Pierson, Matthew Baird, Mirka Vuollo, Jennifer Li, Diana Lavery, Melody Harvey, and Kun Gu, RAND RR-507-NL (May 2014).
“Preliminary Findings from the New Leaders for New Schools Evaluation” with Francisco Martorell, Susan Gates, and Laura Hamilton, RAND WR-739-NLNS (May 2010).
“Childhood Educational Disruption and Later Life Outcomes: Evidence from Prince Edward County.” Journal of Human Capital 2(2): 154-187 (Summer 2008).
e. Information Technology
“Consumer Attitudes Toward Data Breach Notifications and Loss of Personal Information” with Lilian Ablon, Sasha Romanosky, and Diana Lavery, RAND RR-1187-ICJ (April 2016).
“Unraveling the IT Productivity Paradox: Lessons for Health Care” with Spencer Jones, Robert Rudin, and Eric Schneider, New England Journal of Medicine 366(24): 2243-2245 (June 2012).
“Today's 'Meaningful Use' Standard For Computerized Medication Orders By Hospitals May Save Few Lives; Later Stages May Do More” with Mark Friedberg, Spencer Jones, and Eric Schneider, Health Affairs 30(10): 2005-2012 (October 2011).
“Information Technology, Organization, and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments” with Luis Garicano, Journal of Labor Economics 28(1) 167-201 (January 2010).
f. Political Economy
“Oil for What?—Illicit Iraqi Oil Contracts and the U.N. Security Council.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 19(4), 193-206 (Fall 2005).
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WORKING PAPERS
a. Criminal Justice/Drug Policy
“Making Brady Violations Actionable” with Jon Gould and Brian Murray, August 2020
“Deterring Crime in Community Supervision: Evidence from 24/7 Sobriety” with Beau Kilmer and Nancy Nicosia, December 2016
“Gang Injunctions and Street Crime: Recent Evidence from California” with Jeremiah Goulka, Christopher Johnson, and George Tita, July 2010
“Do Police Discriminate? Evidence from Multiple-Offender Crimes” with Charles Loeffler, October 2008
b. Civil Justice/Insurance
“No-Fault Insurance and Automobile Accidents” with Eric Helland, January 2017
“The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage Expansions on Auto Liability Claims and Costs” with Srikanth Kadiyala, December 2016
“Health Insurance and Workers’ Compensation Claiming: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act” with Philip Armour, November 2016
“Do the Insured Sue More?” with David Auerbach, April 2014
“Hospital Cost Shifting to Liability Insurers Following Health Reform in Massachusetts” with James Anderson, July 2011
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Public Defender Organization and Case Outcomes” with Pam Metzger
“Property Casualty Insurance and the Rise of the Gig Economy” with Michelle Grisé
GRANTS
PI, “Understanding and Evaluating Recent Pretrial Process Reforms in Harris County, Texas”, 2020-2022 Arnold Ventures Co-PI with Amanda Bergold, “Improving Filler/Suspect Similarity in Eyewitness Lineups 2019-2021 Using Facial Recognition Systems”, National Science Foundation Co-PI, “A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Effects of Vertical Defense Representation on 2016-2018 Case Outcomes”, Arnold Foundation PI, “Community Policing and Alcohol-Involved Crime”, National Institute on Alcohol 2014-2016 Abuse and Alcoholism Co-PI with James Anderson, “Evaluating the Effect of Holistic Indigent Defense Services on 2013-2016 Case Outcomes”, National Institute for Justice Co-PI with Abby Alpert, “Factors Affecting Utilization of DoD’s Unemployment Compensation 2012-2014 for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) Program”, Office of the Secretary of Defense Co-PI with David Loughran, “Post-Deployment Employment Transitions of Reservists”, 2012-2014 Office of the Secretary of Defense
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REFEREE/REVIEWING EXPERIENCE
American Journal of Criminal Justice; American Journal of Health Economics; American Journal of Public Health; American Economic Review; American Economic Journal: Applied Economics; American Economic Journal: Economic Policy; B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy; Broad Foundation; Center for a New American Security; Congressional Budget Office; Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) (program committee); Crime and Delinquency; Criminal Justice Policy Review; Defence and Peace Economics, Economic Inquiry; Economics Letters; Forum for Health Economics and Policy; Government Accountability Office; Health Affairs; Health Services Research; Industrial and Labor Relations Review; International Review of Law and Economics; Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis; Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Human Capital; Journal of Human Resources; Journal of Law and Economics; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; Journal of Legal Studies; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Journal of Political Economy; Journal of Population Economics; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Quantitative Criminology; Journal of Regional Science; Journal of Urban Economics; Justice Quarterly; Labour Economics; Law and Society Review; Legal Theory; National Institute of Justice; National Science Foundation; PNAS; Policy and Practice in Work and Safety; RAND; Regional Science and Urban Economics; Review of Economics and Statistics; Russell Sage Foundation; Southern Economic Journal; Statistics and Public Policy, Quarterly Journal of Economics; University of Pennsylvania Law Review
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Pennsylvania Senate Law and Justice/Judiciary Committee 2020 Philadelphia Pre-Entry Coalition; AALS Annual Meeting; Travis County (TX) Indigent Legal 2019 Services Work Group Yale Law School Liman Symposium; 10th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime 2018 Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium (John Jay); Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Harris 2017 County, TX Waseda Law Transnational Program; Casualty and Actuarial Society (CAS) Spring Meeting; 2016 Philadelphia Special Committee on Criminal Justice Reform; CAS Annual Meeting NASI Policy Research Conference; U-Penn Law; Southern California Applied Micro 2015 Conference (Claremont-McKenna); 7th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime Advisen Casualty Insights Conference; Walt Disney Company; NBER Summer Institute; Canadian 2014 Policing Association General Meeting; PCIAA Political Conference; Transition Assistance Interagency Working Group Canadian Policing Association Economics of Policing Conference 2013 PCIAA Political Conference 2012 Vera Institute Roundtable on Cost-Benefit Analysis in Policing; Southern California Applied Micro 2011 Conference (Claremont-McKenna), UCLA Law, Brigham Young Econ, American Insurance Association, Insurance Forum UNLV Econ, All-California Labor Conference (UCSB), Insurance Forum 2010 Committee on Poverty, LA City Council ; Police Executive Research Forum; State Farm; 2009 U-Washington Benefit/Cost Analysis Conference Joint Accession Marking Research Studies Conference, Princeton/IRS Monopsony Conference 2008 Vanderbilt Law, Case Western Econ, Brigham Young Econ, George Mason Econ, RAND, Workshop on 2007 Education (Chicago), Crime and Population Dynamics Workshop (Maryland) Chicago Econ, Workshop on Black-White Inequality (Chicago), Chicago Law 2006 NBER Summer Institute 2004
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AWARDS AND HONORS
Huddleson Outstanding Teacher Award, Pardee RAND Graduate School 2010, 2015 Behavioural Exchange Award for Outstanding Research, Honorable Mention 2015 RAND Gold Medal Award 2012 RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (ISE) Outstanding Peer Reviewer Award 2012 Stephen J. Carroll Distinguished Scholar in Insurance and Liability Policy 2010-2011 Robert Pike Distinguished Scholar 2008-2009 Esther and T.W. Schultz Dissertation Fellowship 2006-2007 National Consortium on Violence Research Pre-Doctoral Fellow 2005-2007 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2002-2005 Gordon B. Hinckley Presidential Scholar 1996-2001
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